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-->"And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their reve, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."

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-->"And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their reve, revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."
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* NothingIsScarier is in full effect here. It's not said what the "Red Death" is nor what it could be but we do know that we don't want to catch it and its descriptions leaves a whole lot more to the imagination.

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* NothingIsScarier is in full effect here. It's not said what the "Red Death" is nor what it could be but we do know that we don't want to catch it and its descriptions leaves a whole lot more to the imagination. Which is impressive given this is a time period where diseases were just barely being studied as causes of illness.
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* NothingIsScarier is in full effect here. It's not said what the "Masque of Red Death" is nor what it could be but we do know that we don't want to catch it and it's descriptions leaves a whole lot more to the imagination.

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* NothingIsScarier is in full effect here. It's not said what the "Masque of Red "Red Death" is nor what it could be but we do know that we don't want to catch it and it's its descriptions leaves a whole lot more to the imagination.
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* Illustrators seem to be in a competition as to how horrifying they can make the masked guest. [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/27_rackham_poe_masquereddeath.jpg/220px-27_rackham_poe_masquereddeath.jpg A prime example here.]]

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* Illustrators seem to be in a competition as to how horrifying they can make the masked guest. [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/27_rackham_poe_masquereddeath.jpg/220px-27_rackham_poe_masquereddeath.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:27_rackham_poe_masquereddeath.jpg A prime example here.]]
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* NothingIsScarier is in full effect here. It's not said what the "Masque of Red Death" is nor what it could be but we do know that we don't want to catch it but it's descriptions leaves a whole lot more to the imagination.

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* NothingIsScarier is in full effect here. It's not said what the "Masque of Red Death" is nor what it could be but we do know that we don't want to catch it but and it's descriptions leaves a whole lot more to the imagination.
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* Illustrators seem to be in a competition as to how horrifying they can make the masked guest. [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/27_rackham_poe_masquereddeath.jpg/220px-27_rackham_poe_masquereddeath.jpg A prime example here.]]

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* Illustrators seem to be in a competition as to how horrifying they can make the masked guest. [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/27_rackham_poe_masquereddeath.jpg/220px-27_rackham_poe_masquereddeath.jpg A prime example here.]]]]
*NothingIsScarier is in full effect here. It's not said what the "Masque of Red Death" is nor what it could be but we do know that we don't want to catch it but it's descriptions leaves a whole lot more to the imagination.
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* The description of the disease, and the ending.
-->"And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their reve, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."
* Illustrators seem to be in a competition as to how horrifying they can make the masked guest. [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/27_rackham_poe_masquereddeath.jpg/220px-27_rackham_poe_masquereddeath.jpg A prime example here.]]

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